On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:32:48 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

There is no need to do the Moser Channel thing. Anchoring in the Little
Shark River mouth allows you easy access to the Yacht Channel through the
Sprigger and Arsenic Banks into the Intracoastal Waterway well north of
Marathon. There is enough depth, plenty enough at high tide. Last time
though the Yacht Channel (Hurricane Wilma) there was close to eight feet
there. Using the Yacht Channel makes for an easy and safe run to Channel #5
bridge which has 65 feet clearance MLW.

At low tide in the winter, the approach to Little Shark River has
barely 5 feet of water, same with the Yacht Channel north of the
Channel Five bridge. We were through there 6 months ago in the summer
and dragged our 5 1/2 ft draft through the mud a couple of times.
That is why I recommend Moser Channel east of Marathon where I've
never seen less than 6 1/2 ft.